Cinematographic film



Feb. 14, 1933. A 5mm 1,897,275

CINEMA'I'OGRAPHIC FILM Filed Sept. 22. 1928 INVENTOR BY MM 4% ATTOR EY Patented Feb. 114, 1933 UNITED srA'ras PATENT OFFICE vAnimal: mm, rams, rnmcn, assr'enoa, .BY nnsnn assremn'rs, mo unmanonnm conoamm coarom'rron, or nnw YORK, n. 1., a coaronarron or nam- "WARE CINEHATOGRAPHIC. I'ILK Application filed September Q2, 1928, Serial No. 807,601, and in France October 17, 1927.

As is known in the art in connection with the Keller-Dorian process of producing photographs and moving pictures 1n colors, microscopic parallel networks are made use of which have cylindrical lenticulations and which are established on the supports of the s. The object of my invention is to provide a film of the character described in which the film may be bentout of shape either as an arcuate curve or as a sinusoidal curve of regular or irregular form in the direction of travel thereof, without any undue influence on the network of the minute cylindrical lenticular elements provided on the support thereof The single figure of the drawing represents a perspective view on an exaggerated scale of a section of film constructed in accordance with my invention Troublesome orientation ofa film of the type above referred to may take place in three ways; first, parallel to the edges of the film in the direction of the'length or development of the film; second, oblique with respect to the edges of the film; and, third, perpendicular to the edges of the film Up to the present gofferedfilms havin an inclined network have been made use 0 In order to fix the value ofthe inclination, it is necessary during projection of the film, to cause the image of the weft of the gofiering or. lenticular elements to disappear by giving thereto a certain displacement velocity in order that the eye of the spectator does not have time to notice it. Manifestly, this condition dispenses with the problem of lenticuf 7 lations disposed parallel to the edges of the film;- The tendency is thus to employ either a series of oblique lenticulations, as has been done up to the present, or a series of perpendicular lenticulations.

In the case of a seriw of oblique lenticulations, if in every four or five images, for,

example, a definite point of a line lenticulation is replaced by a homologous point of a neighboring line, experience has shown that the weft is no longer visible to the eye duringthe movement and the inclination of the lines of the lenticulations negligible.

The said inclination while satisfactory enough for the purposes indicated, nevertheless presents serious disadvantages.

First, during the gofiering operation, the film with obli ue lenticulations has a tendencyto hunt that is, to become displaced transversely on the goffering cylinder instead of remaining in the same place. For this reason it becomes necessary to make use of auxiliary adjustment in order to hold the film in the proper direction.

- Second, the film goifered parallel or oblique with respect to the edgesofthe film has a tendency to warp in the transverse direction. This deformation which is a function of the hygrometric state of the fihn, results-in the introduction of dominating colors in the projection.

By the phrase dominating colors is meant the phenomena of producing an excessive quantity of a particular color which takes place when a warped film is projected, so as to produce the defect of forming the image of the sensitive surface not in the color selecting filter placed in the projectin objective, but well in front or to the rear 0 the said objective depending upon whether the deformation is concave or convex.

This defect becomes practicall translated I is practically by a progressive changing of co orsperpendicular to the direction of the color gofiering, passing from blue to, red from one edge to the other, of the image. This is what constitute the dominating colors.

The defect of the dominating colors can exist not only during projection but also in taking exposures and during reproduction of the ori als.

Furt ermore in apparatus for taking exosures,-for reproducing and for projecting, 1t is-difiicult to establish the film in a perfect plane and it is necessary to strongly press the film in all directions but at the expense of excessive strain on the perforations and streaking either the support of he emulsion. Referring to the drawing, my improved film consists of a support 1 on the surface of which are formed minute cylindrical lenticular members 2, extending in a direction perpendicular to the edges 3 and 4 of the support, and hence perpendicular to the di rection of travel of the film. At 5 is conven- 5 tionally shown an image on the support 1.

I have discovered by experiment that if the diameter of the cylindrical lenticular elements 2 is contained an uneven number of times in the distance represented by the height of the image 5,1 am able to overcome the disadvantages hereinbefore set forth.

In other words if d be the diameter of a lenticular element and h be the height of an image on the film and R be the ratio of it to a),

then wherein, R is an uneven number,

or rather a mixed number.

eaters in different relative positions on the susive images.

3. A cmematographic film ha successive images thereon and linear microsco ic lenticular elements arranged at right ang es to the side of thefilm adapted to reproduce My improved film has the following advantages First, during gofiering, the lines of the lean 2 ticulations being parallel to the generatrix of the gofiering cylinder, the film will no tendency to hunt. Second, during projection, the weft will remain invisible since there will never be co cidence between two homologous points of lines corresponding to the same point "of the image. a

Third, it the film warps, this deformation will produce no optical effect since it is per- 351 pendicular to the direction of the cylindrical diopters and hence there will be no deating colors. I Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 40 Patent is:

1. As a new industrial product, a cinematographic film comprising a support having a series of successive images adapted to be reproduced in colors to produce moving pic- .,tures, and a plurality of microscopic lenticular elements on the support, each in the form of a line located at right an les to the side of said support, the ratio 0 the height of said images to the height of each of said ele- 5e, ments being a mixed number and the divid= ing lines between the lenticular elements be- 7 ing so located as to be placed in different relative positions on the successive images.

2. As a new industrial product a cinematographic film comprisinga support having a series of successive images adapted to be reproduced in colors to produce moving ictures and a plurality of microscopic cylin rical lenticular elements, on the sup ort each 8.0 in the form of a line located at rlg ht angles to the side of said support, the ratio of the height of said images to the height of each of said cylindrical elements being a mixed number and the dividing lines between the lentic- :11131' elements being so located as to be placed 

